On his way to take office, Lu Zhi came to Yecheng, where Liu Jian was located, and was invited to Liu Jian's mansion.
Liu Jian arranged a banquet for Lu Zhi, and asked Tian Feng, Ju Sue, Shen Pei and others to accompany him.
Lu Zhihai's insiders also admired him very much, including Tian Feng and Jushu, who were both talented and famous people, and they frequently toasted to him.
Lu Zhi was still the same as before, not really liking this kind of banquet scene.
The teacher just had a few drinks with the Jizhou pastoral officials in a symbolic way, and after talking about some miscellaneous things, he went to the back hall to rest while drunk.
Liu Jian also knew his teacher's temper, so he ended the banquet early and went to the back hall to meet his teacher.
Lu Zhi didn't actually drink too much at this moment, he was just too lazy to cope with the banquet.
At this moment, he was staying there thoughtfully, looking at something placed high on a shelf in Liu Jian's back hall.
That was the ax given to Liu Jian by the late emperor Liu Hong, which represented that the late emperor had granted him the right to use the ax as a holiday ax.
As if recalling the past, Lu Zhi couldn't help but sigh and shook his head.
"Teacher, what are you thinking about?"
Liu Jian came behind the teacher and looked at him with respect.
Lu Zhi seemed to react.
He turned around and looked at Liu Jian behind him.
"In the blink of an eye, you have matured so much that you even received the holiday axe. If you think about it carefully, I am really old as a teacher."
"I remember when you first came to Fengshi Mountain to study scriptures, you were still a child who couldn't hold back your pee in class... Now in the blink of an eye, you have become so mature."
Liu Jian's face looked a little embarrassed: "Teacher, the boy you mentioned who can't hold back his pee is the second child of the Niyang Wang family, the little chubby boy, not me."
Lu Zhi was slightly startled when he heard this: "Really? I'm sure you remembered it wrong for me, not you?"
Liu Jian gently wiped the sweat from his forehead.
After the teacher drank the wine, he felt a little confused. Can I remember this correctly?
I don’t know whether I can pull down my pants pockets or not?
Looking at Liu Jian's embarrassed expression, Lu Zhi reflected on his mistakes.
"Well, that's right. I should have remembered it wrongly, but don't blame me. There are too many disciples studying the scriptures. How can I remember them all?"
"How dare students blame the teacher? What the teacher said is too serious. It's too serious."
Lu Zhi sighed softly and said: "Over the years, I have watched you grow step by step, and I feel very happy."
"Although I am old now, I am a state pastor and you are your neighbor. This is also a blessing for me."
"From now on, I will listen to your instructions on how to govern Jizhou. As for you, govern the people and the army well. Guard the north wall of the country as a pastor of the Han Dynasty, listen to your arrangements as a teacher, and rely on you to support me in my old age.
Already."
Liu Jian hurriedly saluted and said: "How dare students arrange for teachers? Absolutely not."
Lu Zhi shook his head: "There is nothing wrong with it. According to my teacher, your ability and ability have already surpassed my teacher. At least if my teacher came to Yecheng, he would not be able to achieve your political achievements...
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"To appease the refugees, open up farmland, and stabilize people's livelihood, this is something that a teacher cannot do no matter what."
When he said this, he saw Lu Zhi suddenly stretched out his hands, and his two old and rough palms fell heavily on Liu Jian's shoulders.
"In the vast land of China, when it comes to the richness of the country, our country is the most extensive. When it comes to the prosperity of its talents, our country is the most prosperous. But when it comes to internal affairs and people's livelihood, our country is the most chaotic!"
"Deran, you are a clan member and the best among the next generation of our Han Dynasty. From my perspective, this important task of revitalizing the Han Dynasty belongs to you! As long as you can help you along the way, I will send you on a long journey.
, even if I give up my life as a teacher, what will happen?"
"Just looking at how you govern Jizhou, I have a feeling as a teacher. Maybe in a few decades, you will be the one who can turn the Han Dynasty from decline to prosperity!"
"Although the destiny cannot be violated, it can only be manifested through human power. I believe that the person who can compete with the destiny is you!"
Liu Jian was a little frightened by Lu Zhi's words. He hurriedly asked: "Teacher, are you drunk?"
Lu Zhi smiled and shook his head, saying: "If I said this because I was drunk, then I would rather stay drunk like this!"
Lu Zhi's words moved Liu Jian very much, and at the same time he was also very pleased.
Although his teacher was a scholar and a defender of Taoism, he was not pedantic and focused on practical results. He was able to do things without admiring illusions, but focused on the actual situation at hand.
It sounds simple, but in this era, this is a rare quality.
"Teacher, since the teacher gives the students important responsibilities, then the students really have to point fingers at the teacher."
Lu Zhi smiled and said: "I am afraid that you will not give me advice. After all, what should I do after I arrive in Northern Hebei?"
Liu Jian said: "Follow my method and invite more common people from poor families to join the Hebei Business Association in the name of the Animal Husbandry Department. The Zhen family of Zhongshan Kingdom is now my confidant. The teacher can recruit Zhen Yi's son to help, and then
For the local noble families and the poor common people, there should be checks and balances on each other, but the Animal Husbandry Department must have the right to make all administrative decisions, and the teachers must also copy the policies of the past."
Lu Zhi nodded gently, and said while nodding: "With your experience, it will be much easier to act for the division. However, there is only one thing. For the local prominent families, the division currently does not have strong soldiers to frighten them.
, acting like this is quite constraining."
Liu Jian said: "I have 20,000 elite men under my command."
Hearing this, Lu Zhi stroked his beard, nodded and said, "If you have these twenty thousand elites, they can be a deterrent, but they are not enough to completely overwhelm all the prominent families in Jizhou."
Liu Jian laughed loudly and said: "I would like to recruit tens of thousands more people to form a strong army in the world. In this way, no one in Hebei will dare to be disobedient. It's just that most of the people in the court are sinister people, but
We also dare not expand our armaments rashly, for fear of being targeted by people in the DPRK, and it may be disadvantageous if we are impeached."
Lu Zhiqi said: "You and Yuan Shiji are close friends, can't he still be your guarantee?"
Liu Jian shook his head and said, "It's because of him that I need to be more careful. The teacher doesn't know that this year's Yuan Dynasty changed. Zhang Yi, the new governor of Bingzhou, Zhang Yang, Wu Meng, and Ding Yuan, the Cavalry Commander stationed in Hebei,
, all are members of the Yuan family."
"One governor and two military leaders? They are in Taiyuan and Hanoi in Bingzhou..."
Lu Zhi frowned: "Are you trying to stare at you?"
Liu Jian smiled and pointed to the ax enshrined by him on the shelf in the high hall, and said: "The late emperor gave me this thing with the intention of helping me support the Han Dynasty. I know this, but the time to reward this thing is not right. Originally, I wanted to
I would hide my head in order to govern the state and the people with peace of mind, but now, this fake holiday almost made me fall into the spotlight. If Xuande hadn't been in the capital and used his life to deal with me, I'm afraid I would have asked the Yuan family to do it now.
Targeted."
Lu Zhi stroked his beard and said: "When Heaven entrusts this person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and deplete his body. You don't have to blame the late emperor. Once you get this ax and ax, you will be able to do it."
As far as you are concerned, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages."
Liu Jian hurriedly said: "I am so virtuous and capable, how dare I blame the late emperor?"
Lu Zhi pondered for a moment and said: "Right now, you don't want to recruit too many soldiers and control the number of soldiers and horses to avoid being targeted by people in Luoyang. This is right, but you may not be able to secretly develop your army."
"It seems to Master Yi that although you only have 20,000 soldiers and horses under your control now, if you want to expand it to more than 50,000 troops overnight, you can easily do so."
Liu Jian heard this and said curiously: "Please tell me, teacher, how to expand the army several times overnight and what do you need?"
Lu Zhi smiled and pointed at the axe: "Of course we have to rely on him."
Liu Jian looked at the axe-joint thoughtfully, showing an expression of sudden realization.
But I heard Lu Zhi say calmly: "Your teacher and I have also been in the military for many years. Although I can't be called everyone, I can still be considered proficient in military affairs. The most obvious thing I have learned over the years of leading troops is that soldiers and horses do not necessarily have to be exposed."
It's yours only if it's in your hands. There are many examples of me, a big man, secretly controlling troops and recruiting troops for you in the name of others."
Liu Jian pondered for a moment and suddenly said to Lu Zhi: "How about asking the teacher to rest temporarily in Yecheng for a month before taking up the post?"
Lu Zhi raised his eyebrows: "What do you want to do?"
"I would like to invite the five great kings, Liu Ye, the king of Hejian, Liu Hao, the king of Changshan, Liu Xu, the king of Anping, Liu Zhong, the king of Ganling, and Liu Yu, the king of Zhao, to come to Yecheng to discuss the state together in the name of the teacher and myself, the two state shepherds.
thing."
Lu Zhi laughed loudly when he heard this.
"You are really good at it. It's not enough to summon them by yourself, but you also have to drag them in as a teacher? Oh, okay, I gave you the idea, and the teacher can't run away even if he wants to."